Harness-saddle.



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HARNESS SADDLE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1a, 1900.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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imrrn smi es HARNESS-SADDLE Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationfilediuly 18, 1908. Serial No. 444,192.

Patented March 16, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. WIESEN- MEYER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHarness-Saddles, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exactdescription as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use mysaid invention.

This invention is a modification and improvement of the invention setforth in United States Patent No. 804,446, granted to me November 14th,1905, for improvement in harness saddles.

The purposes of this invention are; to provide in connection with aspringy arch, movable yielding pads adjustable in different positions,vertically and laterally, relative to the arch, to provide yielding andreversible pads of such construction that if the animals back becomesgalled or chafed the pad under which the sore spot lies may be movedeither upward or downward or may be turned either forward or backward,so as not to bear upon the in'ured part: or if the animals' back is ofsuch s ape or the pads are of such shape that they do not seat properlyon the animals back, the pads maybe changed from the lefthand side tothe right-hand side of thearch, or from the right-hand side to theleft-hand side of the arch, to cause the pads to' seat evenly on theanimals back; and to provide means whereby the terrets may be connectedwith the pads without using the nuts detachable from the pads.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and combination of parts shown in the annexed drawings towhich reference is hereby made and hereinafter described and recit'edinthe claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the harness saddle;Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan of one of the pads detached; Fig. 3 is anenlar ed bottom view of one of the pads, part of the cushion being shownas broken away to expose inclosed parts'fFig.

4 is a vertical transverse section on the line 4. 4. of Fig. 2; Fig. 5is a vertical transverse section on the line 5. 5. of Fig. 2 and Fig. 6is an enlarged transverse section on the line 6. 6. of Fig. 1.

Similar reference letters and, characters designate like parts in theseveral views.

The arch A is preferably a bar of springy steel covered with leather inthe usual manner and having holes a accommodating the stems oftheterrets.

The terrets B are of usual construction and have screw threaded stems 1)fitting in screw threaded holes m in the blocks M.

The harness saddle is equipped with two pads which are exactly alike,hence a description of one will suffice for both. Pads of preferableform are illustrated in the drawing. Each of the pads comprises aninside sheet metal plate E conforming to the contour of the pad; anupper covering F of hard leather; a guide Ghaving members extendingthrough the plate E and the covering F, a lower covering II ofsoft'leather, stitched or otherwise secured on the upper covering F; acushion J of felt or other similar yielding material; a filling K ofcurled hair or other fibrous and resilient material and a terret block Mhaving screw threaded holes 711 accommodating the screw threaded stem ofthe terret. The block M has a plurality of bosses m pierced by screwthreaded holes m. The plate E has a series of holes 6 respectively,matching a series of similar holes f in the upper covering F; and thebosses at of the block M extend through the holes 6 and] and when theblock is in lace the upper surface of the bosses is flusi with the up ersurface of the covering F, and the bosses itting in the holes preventthe block from turning on the plate. The block M is firmly secured onthe under side of the plate E by rivets m The plate E has slits caccommodating the upwardly extending members 9 of the guide G; and theupper covering F has similarslits j in registry with the slits e andalso accommodating the members g. The felt cushion J covers the entirelower area of the plate E and serves to keep the central part of theguide G against the plate; and is of sufficient thickness to protect theanimals back from the ressureof the central part of the guide whici isbetween the plate and the cushion.

In assembling the parts the members 9 of the bar G are first bent tostand at right angles to the body of the bar. The members 9 are theninserted through the slits e and j and the members 9 are then again bentat right angles, (as clearly shown in Fig. 5) to form a rectangularguide fitting loosely around the side members of the arch A, as shown inFig. 1. When the members 9 of the guide Ghave been inserted through theslits c and f, and bent at right angles as described, and the padshave-been placed on the arch as shown in Fig, 1, the guides will fitloosely around the members of the arch and will keep the pads on thearch-members and will permit the pads to be slid upward or downward onthe arch-members, and willv also be loose enough to permit the upperends of the pads to be moved to the right or the left a distance limitedby the space between the right-hand and left-hand holes m of the blocksM. The central parts ofthe guides G bearing 011 the underside of thefixed plate E prevent the guides from pulling out of the pad, and themembers g of the guides G bearing on the upper surface of thearch-members prevent the pads from falling away from the arch-members.

In practice it has been found that if the terrets are connected with thepads by detachable nuts within the pads, the nuts work loose and falldown within the pads where they are likely to injure the animals back,and in such cases it is very troublesome to remove the detached nutsfrom the pads inasmuch as the stitching must be cut and .the pads openedbefore the nuts can be taken out; and when the nuts are replacedthe padmust be again stitched. The improvement herein set forth completelyobviates this difiiculty.

The block M havin screw threaded holes receiving the stems 0% theterrets is riveted on the fixed plate E and cannot become de tachedtherefrom.

Each of the pads is adjustable upward or downward, or to the right, orto the left; and may therefore beget in a number of different positionsso as to avoid sore spots on the animals back, and at the same time giveproper support to the harness. The mode of adjustment will now bedescribed.

Then placing the pads on the arch the stems of theterrets will in thefirst instance be placed in the central holes m of the terret blocks M.In case the pad does not properly fit the animals back the terret may beunscrewed and the pad may then be moved upward and the stem of theterretscrewed into the upper hole on; or may be moved downward and thestem of the terret screwed into the lower hole m; or the upper part ofthe pad may be turned to the right and the stem of the terret screwedinto the left hand hole m; or the upper part of the pad may be turned tothe left and the stem of the terret screwed into the right-hand hole m.If for any reason the pad on either member of the arch does not seatproperly on the animals back and a better seating of the pads may beattained by shifting them from one side of the arch to the other, theterrets may be un screwed and either pad may be placed on either memberof the arch and adjusted so that both pads will seat properly and thestems of the terrets may then be screwed into the proper holes in theblocks, to secure the pads on the arch in the desired position.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1, In a harness saddle the combination of an arch; terrets having stemsextending through the members of said arch; pads hav' ing internal fixedplates; guides secured on said plates and fitting loosely around themembers of said arch; and terret -blocks secured on said internal platesand each hav ing a plurality of screw-threaded holes adapted to receivethe screw-threaded stems of said terrets.

2. The combination of a terret-block provided with a plurality of bosseseach having a screw-threaded hole; a plate having holes respectivelymatching the bosses of said block, also havin openings adapted toaccommodate upwardly extending members of a guide; an upper coveringhaving holes and openings respectively matching the holes and openingsin said plate means for securing said terret-block on said plate withthe bosses of said block occupying the holes in said plate and saidupper covering; a guide having members extending through the openings insaid plate and said upper covering; a lower covering secured on saidupper covering; a filling between said plate and said lower covering; anarch having a member fitting loosely in said guide, and having a holeadapted to accommodate the stem of a terret; and a terret having ascrew-threaded stem adapted to extend through the hole in said archmember and screw into either of the holes in said terretblock.

3. The combination of an upper covering; a lower covering fixed on saidupper covering, a plate between said upper and lowercoverings; aterret-block fixed on said plate and having a plurality of holes adaptedto accommodate the stems of terrets; a guide fixed on said plate acushion next to said plate; filling between said cushion and said lowercovering; an arch having members fitting loosely in said guide andhaving holes adapted to accommodate'the stems of terrets, and a terrethaving a screw-threaded stem extending through a hole in a member ofsaidarch and screwing into any of the holes in said terret-block;

' In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name at Springfield,Illinois this 14th day of July, 1908.

CHARLES F. VVIESENMEYER.

Witnesses:

'JEssIE J. NETTLETON,

W. J. AURELIUS.

